Cleveland Museum of Art
Life of the Virgin: Adoration of the Virgin and Child by Saints and Angels
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1504–1505
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- Germany, early 16th Century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104144
From LinkedCulture
This woodcut stopped European printmaking in its tracks when Dürer released it in 1504. High above the Virgin and Child, God the Father reclines on a stone ledge, holding an open book, while angels crowd below, one playing a harp amid soaring arches and precise brickwork. Dürer used the Life of the Virgin series to bring Italian Renaissance perspective directly into German printmaking, proving that a woodcut could carry the spatial depth and detail of a painted altarpiece.
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A religious scene depicting a group of people gathered around a central figure, possibly a saint, in a stone building.
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- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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